Although most of us take a break from all the hustle and bustle of life over the Christmas holidays, not everyone is afforded the same luxury. If you happen to be a TV detective there’s always a murder or two getting in the way of your down time.

From Poirot to Father Dowling, Christmas is a busy time for dealing with criminal activity. However, for us viewers it’s a great time to watch a super-sleuth in action, cracking cases and solving sinister situations.

Fancy watching some of these daring detectives in action? Then keep on reading, as you’ll find a list of twelve Christmas-themed murder-mysteries below!

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12 Christmas mystery TV shows 

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Want twelve Christmas-themed episodes of hit mystery shows? Then check out this list below for all your TV needs.

  • Hart to Hart – A Christmas Hart: Season Four, Episode Ten (1982)
  • The Father Dowling Mysteries – The Christmas Mystery: Season Three, Episode Ten (1990)
  • Murder, She Wrote – A Christmas Secret: Season Nine, Episode Nine (1992)
  • Agatha Christie’s Poirot – Hercule Poirot’s Christmas: Season Six, Episode One (1995)
  • Diagnosis: Murder – Murder: Santa Claude: Season Seven, Episode Eleven (1999)
  • Midsomer Murders – Ghosts of Christmas Past: Season Seven, Episode Seven (2004)
  • Monk – Mr. Monk and the Secret Santa: Season Four, Episode Nine (2005)
  • Bones – Santa in the Slush: Season Three, Episode Nine (2007)
  • Castle – Secret Santa: Season Five, Episode Nine (2012)
  • Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries – Murder Under the Mistletoe: Season Two, Episode Thirteen (2013)
  • Death in Paradise – Christmas in Paradise: Special (2021)
  • Agatha Raisin – Kissing Christmas Goodbye: Season Four, Episode One (2021) 

Seek out the above episodes through streaming services, disc, or television re-runs, and you’ll have all the Christmas fun from you could ever want!

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Alex Wiggan

Alex is a writer, editor, and blogger specialising in movies, TV, comics, retro toys, and general geekery. He is a championing voice in nerd content, an expert in pop culture, and a trusted movie critic who publishes new reviews on a weekly basis. After graduating with a degree in film & television studies from the University of Derby in the UK, Alex went on to study journalism in Sheffield, before acquiring NCTJ accreditation. Prior to a career in blogging, Alex was a magazine editor, a senior copywriter, a features writer, and a freelancer.

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